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Gosar
Gosar comes from Slovene gosár ‘gooseherd’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *gans.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gans‘goose’reconstructed
- Gothicc. 300–600ganstransliteratedGothic script gans, a transliteration‘goose’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gǫ̑sь‘goose’reconstructed
- Slovenemoderngos‘goose’
- Slovene, derivedmoderngosár‘gooseherd’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Gosar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gans‘goose’reconstructed
- Gothicc. 300–600ganstransliteratedGothic script gans, a transliteration‘goose’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gǫ̑sь‘goose’reconstructed
- Slovenemoderngos‘goose’
- Slovene, derivedmoderngosár‘gooseherd’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Gosar
Earliest quotation: 2021, Gino Spocchia: “The AFPAC founder shared a picture of a meeting…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns ‘goose’
through Proto-Germanic *gans ‘goose’
Today it means
name A surname from Slovene.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gans / Gosar